Published May 15, 2026, 6:01 PM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the crossroads of technology and creativity, covering areas like photography, video editing, and graphic design. Outside of work, you'll often find Nolen diving into a good book, writing their own stories, or playing video games. I gave up my Perplexity subscription after a month yet my Claude subscription is going on its third month now. That probably says something about where I actually get value. Claude is genuinely the most AI tool I've had in my rotation - it handles my design coursework, Cowork helps me manage files and tasks on my PC, and recently I've been using Claude Design that lets me prototype and visualize ideas. The thing is, Perplexity is a search engine at heart. Every response pulls from live web sources, cites them automatically, and presents the whole thing neatly.…